Whiling Away the Summer at the Ink-Well Thatched Hut, by Wu Li, 1679
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Whiling Away the Summer at the Ink-Well Thatched Hut

Wu Li (Chinese, 1632–1718)

1679

Medium
Handscroll; ink on paper
Classification
Paintings
Dimensions
Image: 14 5/16 x 105 3/4 in. (36.4 x 268.6 cm) Overall with mounting: 14 11/16 x 393 1/16 in. (37.3 x 998.4 cm)
Culture
China
Museum
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Asian Art
Credit line
Ex coll.: C. C. Wang Family, Purchase, Douglas Dillon Gift, 1977
Rights
Public domain (Open Access, CC0), as the museum states it.
Who can see it
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